Ribbon package



Sept. .30, 1941. G. WAGNER RIBBON PACKAGE Filed April 20, 1940 INVENTOR,Ge Wag nar,

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 30, 1941 RIBBON PACKAGE George Wagner, Haledon, N. J.,assignor to It. G. Bus'er Silk Corp, Paterson, N. J a corporation ofDelaware Application April 2'0, 1940, erial No. 330,733

Claims. (Cl

This invention relates to packages, as ribbonpacks, comprising a woundmass of some lengthy material, as a ribbon, and a container thereforfrom which the material may be withdrawn with incidental rotation of thewound mass within the container.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an article ofmanufacture of this class whose container shall be of such form that itmay be developed from a blank of suitable sheet material,

when it has been shaped to form the container;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the package Fig. 3 is a plan of thepackage, with. the container partially broken away; Fig. 4 is asectional view on approximately the line 44,- Fig. 2, with the woundmass shown in elevation; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modifiedform of the article.

The wound mass (Fig. 3) here comprises a suitable core I of common type,say of cardboard, and a length of ribbon 2 wound thereon. The containermay be generally described as follows:

3 and 4 designate elongated main walls (forming, as will appear,counterparts of each other) so spaced apart that when the wound massexists interposed between them they stand closely opposed to itsrespective ends or plane faces; by closely opposed I mean that saidwalls are so spaced apart that the wound mass is by them confinedagainst being inverted end for end. The halves of each such wallexisting at opposite sides of its median transverse axis are taperingcounterparts of each other. The two walls exist in registry with eachother, that is, with the longitudinal axis of each (coincident with theapices of its tapering portions) in the same plane cutting the two wallsperpendicularly. The width of each wall is about the same as thediameter of the wound mass, wherefore the tapering portions thereofproject beyond the perimeter of such mass when the latter is containedin the container.

Wall-forming means connects the margins of the main walls, beingarranged to obstruct displacement of the mass, when present between themain walls, in any direction from between the latter, such means hereconsisting of walls 5 in planes perpendicular to the planes of the mainWalls. There will be two such walls at (in this example) each side ofthat (longitudinal) plane which cuts the main walls in coincidence withtheir apices, and such walls will be spacedapart as shown in Figs. 2 and3; at least, the walls at one side of the last-named plane will be sospaced. This space 6 is of less extent from one wall 5 to the other thanthe diameter of the wound mass.

.The container being thus formed and the wound mass contained thereinthe ribbon or equivalent material may be withdrawn therefrom through theopening formed by the space 6; and whenever there is occasion to rewindthe ribbon the wound mass is accessible at such opening; if there aretwo such openings, diametrically opposite each other, the rewinding canbe effected by holding the container in one hand and using the thumb andforefinger of the other hand to engage the wound mass at said openings.

The. container may beformed from such a single-piece blank as shown inFig. 1. Here each of the parts thereof shown bounded by opposite arcsa'and four lines I) which are tangents of such arcs and so give saidpart its elongated form, with tapers at both ends, is to form one of themain walls 34. The connecting oblong cis to form one of the walls 5.The-other oblongs d, e and f are to form the three other such Walls 5.Having bent the blank on the lines '1), always in this case from theobserver, the container will have as sumed' its ultimate general shape.A tab g, shown opposite to oblong 6, may be glued face to face with suchoblong, thus to maintain the blank in itsbent "state. The oblongs d and1 have extensions d and f which, when bent on the dotted lines shownbetween them and such oblongs, may be tucked in between the main wallsto hold such oblongs in the position in which they form walls 5. Each ofthese extensions or tabs d'-]" may be glued to that wall 3 or 4 which itimmediately adjoins when it has been so tucked in, but usually at leastone of them will be left unattached so as to permit the contained rollto be bodily removed from the container. In addition to the tabs df'there may be tabs c'--e forming end extensions of the oblongs c-f in theblank and adapted in the completed container to close the gaps otherwiseexisting between the adjoining ends of the oblongs c-d and oblongs e-f.

In Fig. 5 a modification is shown in which at least one of the tabsc'-e' is assumed to be tering relation to each other. at. a are notessential.

omitted to leave the gap at this point as an outlet through which theribbon may be delivered.

In Figs. 2 to the walls 3 and 4 existed as corresponding partsrespectively at the right and left in the blank; the two walls 5appearing at the right and left next t the observer were respectivelythe oblongs d and e in the blank; the twowalls 5 not seen and remotefrom the observer were the oblongs c and f in the blank.

I claim the blank substantially as shown in Fig. 1 regardless of thepresence as integral parts thereof of the portions defg, since theequivalents of the latter as separately formed 3. In combination, asubstantially circular wound mass of lengthy material and a containertherefor formed of flexible sheet material and comprising, with spacedelongated substantially counterpart main walls closely opposed to therespective ends of the mass and existing in registry with each other andeach having the portions thereof both sides of a plane substantiallydiametrically cutting the mass existing as tapering substantialcounterparts of each other 'Yand extending beyond the perimeter of themass, other walls perpendicular to said main walls and arranged incoincidence with their parts may in any way, for the purpose of providing walls 5, be attached to the structurewhich will exist when the blankhas been'bent asdescribed on the long sides of the rectangle c (whichlatter will form one such wall 5) to bring the portions which are to goto form the main walls 34 into thespaced face-to-face and regis- Theconvexities Having thus fully described my invention, what I claimis: 1. In combination, a substantially circular Wound mass of lengthymaterial and a container therefor comprising, with spaced elongatedsubstantially counterpart main walls closely opposed to the respectiveends of the mass and existing in registry with each other and eachhaving the portions thereof both sides of a plane substantiallydiametrically cutting the mass existing as tapering substantialcounterparts of each other and extending beyond the perimeter of themass,

.wall-forming means perpendicular tosaid walls and arranged incoincidence with their respective tapering margins and obstructingdisplacement of .said mass in any direction from between said walls,said means affording an opening for access to the mass arranged at oneside of a plane perpendicular to the first-named plane.

2. In combination, a substantially circular wound mass of lengthymaterial and a container therefor comprising, with spaced elongatedsubstantially counterpart main walls closely opposed to the respectiveends of the mass and existing in registry with each other and eachhaving the portions thereof both sides of a plane substantiallydiametrically cutting the mass existing as tapering substantialcounterparts of each other and extending beyond the perimeter of themass, wall-forming means perpendicular to said walls I and arranged incoincidence with their respective tapering margins and obstructingdisplacement of said mass in any direction from between said walls, saidmeans affording openings for access to themass arranged at each side ofa plane perpendicular to the first-named plane.

between said main walls, two of said other walls being spaced apart toafford an opening for aocess to the mass arranged at one side of a planeperpendicular to the first-named plane and one ofthem forming anextension of one and being free of; the other of such main walls.

4. The hereindescribed blank from which to form the main walls and oneconnecting Wall of. a container, said blank including a rectangularintermediate part and elongated portions immediately flanking said partat two opposite sides and both projecting beyond a third side thereofand existing as counterparts of each other and having their longitudinalaxes converging at the same angle with relation to the respectivefirst-named sides and coinciding with the respective apices of theangles formedv by said first-named sides and the fourth side of saidpart, the end of each such portion which adjoins said part being taperedat the same angle as the correspondingend of the other such portion andhaving the apex of its taper coinciding with said axis. j

5. The hereindescribed blank from which to form'the main walls and oneconnecting wall of a container, said blank including a rectangularintermediate part and elongated portions immediately flanking said partat two opposite sides and both projecting beyond a third side thereofand existing as counterparts of' each other and having theirlongitudinal axes converging at the same angle with relation to therespective first-named sides and coinciding with the respective apicesof the angles formed by said first-named sides and the fourth side ofsaid part, each end of each such portion being tapered at the same angleas the corresponding end of the other such, portion and each suchportion having the apices of its tapers coinciding with saidlongitudinal axis.

GEORGE WAGNER.

